Cleaning-brush.



BATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

P. J. BOBB- GLEANING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30. 1905.

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No. 828,705. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

P.J.BODB.

CLEANING BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30. 1905.

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INVENTOR Peter J. Bode 0 f B ATTOH/VEKS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER J. BODE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO CHARLESGr. NAGEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. 1

CLEANING-BRUSH- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER J. Bonn, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Cleaning-Brushes, of which thefollowing is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enableany one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to a cleaning-brush which may be used for scrubbingfloors, cleaning windows, or the like.

The object of my invention is to provide a water-distributing device forthe brush which can be readily secured to the ordinary formof brush nowfound on the market and which will also serve to hold a Window-wiper anda soap-holder.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of brush made inaccordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a side elevation, also showinga device for supplying water to the distributer. Fig. 2 is a top planview. Fig. 3 is a top plan view showing the soap-holder. Fig. 4 is aside elevation of the soap-holder detached, and Fig. 5 is a verticalcentral section on a slightly-enlarged sca e.

Like marks of reference refer to similar, parts in the several views ofthe drawings.

represents a brush of the usual form. This brush 10 is provided with aninclined socket 11, which is adapted to receive a handle 12. When myimprovement is attached to the brush, however, the handle 12 does notenter the socket 11, but there is interposed between the said socket andthe handle a water-distributer consisting of a tapered pipe 14 and ahollow cross-arm 15. The lower end of the tapered pipe 14 is made to fitthe socket 11, while in the upper end of the said pipe 14 is a socket16, adapted to receive the end of the handle 12. In order to provideadditional means for securing the water-distributer to the back of thebrush, I may use straps 17, preferably of thin sheet metal,

which pass around the cross-arm 15 and are secured to the back of thebrush by means of screws 18. Leading from the cross-arm 15 are a numberof curved discharge-pipes 19, which pass around the back of the brushand discharge the water upon the bristles of the brush.

is the inlet-pipe to the water-distributer. Attached to this pipe 20 isa flexible tube 21, which may lead to any suitable water-supply. In casea water-supply under pressure is not available I provide a cylindricalreservoir 22, as shown in Fig. 1, to which the pipe 21 is attached.Within this reservoir 22 is a piston 23, upon which rests a weight 24.By removing the weight 24 and piston 23 the reservoir can be filled withwater. In order to facilitate this, I provide the upper end ofjthereservoir with a funnel-shaped portion 25. After the reservoir is filledwith water the piston and weight can be replaced, and the action of theweight on the piston will supply sufficient pressure to the water withinthe reservoir to force the same to the brush at a great enough height towash windows or the like. In order to control the flow of water from thetank 22, I provide a stop-cock 26, as shown in Fig. 1. In case, however,the reservoir is not used or it is found desirable to regulate the flowof water at the brush, a stop-cock 27, as shown in Fig. 5, may be placedin the supply-pipe 20. On the tapered pipe 14 is a projection 30. Thisprojection is adapted to fit the socket 31 on a window-wiping device 32of the usual form. In order to secure the socket 31 on the projection32, I provide a removable pin 33.

In Figs. 3 and 4 is shown a soap-holding device which is interchangeablewith the window-Wiping device 32. This soap-holding device consists of aspring-frame 34, which is adapted to be placed around a cake of soap 35or the like. Secured to theframe 34 is a socket 36 similar to the socket30 on the window-wiping device. When the soapholder is used, it is heldin position on the projection 30 by means of the pin 33 in the samemanner as the window-wiping device.

By the use of my invention an ordinary scrubbing-brush may be suppliedwith a water-distributer without any special construction of the brush,and when the brush becomes worn it can be readily replaced by a new one.The water-distributor is placed entirely at the back of the brush and isthus not liable to come in contact with windows. The interchangeablewindow-wiping and with a brush having soap-holding device makes thecleaner completely adapted to wash windows, as Well as to scrub floorsand the like. The reservoir shown in Fig. 1 enables me to use the devicewhere a supply of water under pressure is not available.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

'1. In a cleaning device, the combination with a brush having a socketformed in the back thereof, of a water-distributer removably fitting insaid socket and provided with a socket like the socket in the back ofthe brush and adapted to receive the handle of the brush,discharge-pipes leading from said water-distributer around the back ofthe brush to the bristles, and an inlet for said water-distributer.

2. In a cleaning device, the combination an inclined socket formed inthe back thereof, of a water-distributer removably fitting in saidsocket and provided with a socket like the socket in the back of thebrush and adapted to receive the handle of the brush, discharge-pipesleading from said water-distributer around the back of the brush to thebristles, and an inlet for said water-distributer.

3. In a cleaning device, the combination with a brush having a socketformed in the back thereof, of a water-distributer removably fitting insaid socket and provided with a socket like the socket in the back ofsaid brush and adapted to receive the handle of the brush, a hollowcross-arm carried by said distributer, discharge pipes leading from saidcross-arm around the back of the brush to the bristles, and an inlet insaid Water-distributer. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and aflixed my seal inthe presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

PETER J. BODE.

